Army jawans visit the SLRM centre in the Cantonment areas in Amritsar on Saturday. Tribune Photo

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 8

As the NGOs gear up to begin the plantation drive and initiate a series of eco activities in the city, the Solid Liquid Resource Management (SLRM) centre at the Army cantonment has become an epicentre of eco activities with continuous plantation, cleanliness and awareness drives.Already setting an example by setting up the first such garbage management centre in the city, the cantonment has also opened the centre for volunteers, who want to actively contribute towards improving the environmental health of the city.Recently, it held a plantation drive in association with an NGO where local residents and volunteers planted trees and saplings of medicinal plants. A team from Army cantonment Khasa also visited, with members of the Army medical core to inspect and participate in the awareness drive. They were also presented with 150 saplings by volunteers to be planted at Khasa cantonment.The fact that the SLRM centre has engaged residents in segregation and garbage-collection procedure is an achievement, as the residents manage their own garbage. Taking a step ahead, they have also organised workshops and awareness seminars for other citizens to learn about the entire process and implement it in their own way.